I think I'd go with Rubber Soul or Revolver because the songwriting is sharper. Abbey Road owes more to professionalism than inspiration, I think, although the medley of song fragments on side two is a great example of what experience and professionalism can do for you.

I think I'd go with Rubber Soul or Revolver because the songwriting is sharper. Abbey Road owes more to professionalism than inspiration, I think, although the medley of song fragments on side two is a great example of what experience and professionalism can do for you.

Agree about the sharper songwriting on Rubber Soul and Revolver .But i think a lot of successful albums that have come after Abbey Road have followed it's loser structure ?What i mean by this is the flow of the album , it's not full of 3 minute songs .It's bigger and bolder , and for me points the way to how albums would develop in the following years after it's release .(smile)

But i think a lot of successful albums that have come after Abbey Road have followed it's loser structure ?What i mean by this is the flow of the album , it's not full of 3 minute songs .It's bigger and bolder , and for me points the way to how albums would develop in the following years after it's release .(smile)

I think I know what you mean, and in fact that "looser structure," both in terms of song structure and album making, was very typical of "rock" through the mid seventies. As a guy who got interested in rock and pop through people like The Ramones and The Jam, though, I like crisp three minute songs that move.

I hear this looser structure a lot Geoff in the music i listen to from the Verve to Coldplay .Quite a lot of the big albums of the last 40 years have followed this template if you think about it .Abbey Road is a very modern sounding album to my hears , it makes a lot of other albums sound familiar if that makes sense ? (thinker)

I hear this looser structure a lot Geoff in the music i listen to from the Verve to Coldplay .

That's certainly true. Both those bands have put out some good stuff, so maybe it's just my boredom with mid seventies stadium rock that gets in the way. Also agree with your point about Abbey Road pointing the way to the future.

That's certainly true. Both those bands have put out some good stuff, so maybe it's just my boredom with mid seventies stadium rock that gets in the way. Also agree with your point about Abbey Road pointing the way to the future.

I think what i'm saying Geoff is that Abbey Road is still very much an influential album , it's structure is the template a lot of bands opt for when recording an album ?

I'll say yes, but I'm also biased because "Abbey Road" is my favorite Beatles album. But I also think we can't ignore "Sgt. Pepper."

Penny Lane, I like what you posted, but even more to the point, I LOVE your moving picture avatar of Paul screaming (Shea?). His screams are one of the things I like the most about the Beatles, trivial as that sounds as I type it. Clarabella, Lucille, Long Tall Sally, Kansas City, the scream leading into the guitar solo of "Can't Buy Me Love", I'm Down (is that what he's singing in your Avatar?), even the electric version of Revolution (though it seems to be double tracked, so it's not quite as impressive, perhaps) - his screams make those some of my favorite recordings in the world!

Penny Lane, I like what you posted, but even more to the point, I LOVE your moving picture avatar of Paul screaming (Shea?). His screams are one of the things I like the most about the Beatles, trivial as that sounds as I type it. Clarabella, Lucille, Long Tall Sally, Kansas City, the scream leading into the guitar solo of "Can't Buy Me Love", I'm Down (is that what he's singing in your Avatar?), even the electric version of Revolution (though it seems to be double tracked, so it's not quite as impressive, perhaps) - his screams make those some of my favorite recordings in the world!

Wow, thanks for the really nice words about my Paul avatar! I don't think your love for Paul's screaming is "trivial," because I adore it too. It really works well for his rock songs, like "Long Tall Sally" and "Soily" from Wings. I don't know why but I just love it when Paul cuts loose with his screaming.

im not too sure about this jewel actually. but maybe i like crowns without jewels. abbey road has some very bright highlights, but some downs as well. i dont think the album was an example for years and bands to come.